The good news? The Man with the Hat is this close to bringing his boxset of adventures to Blu. The bad news? Crystal Skull's coming with it. Le sigh.

Based on information gathered from scores of industry sources over the last few months, our friends at TheDigitalBits.com, using the map room in Tanis, believe that Lucasfilm and Paramount are planning a 2010 bow for the series. So set your calendars to Winter 2010 for the set's arrival, as no doubt Paramount will want to take advantage of the holiday shoppers.

For movie fans, this is kind of a big deal. Spielberg's been keeping his top shelf films close to the vest when it comes to bringing them to Blu-ray. So far, Shia LeBeouf and the army of vine-swinging monkeys are all the director currently has on Blu. To make this release a worthwhile double dip, we hope The Beard changes his mind about being averse to commentaries and gives us anecdote-filled tracks on all three of the original films. Bonus points if they come in Ark or Shankara stone special edition packaging.

Many of Spielberg's catalog titles are making their way to the format for the first time this year, via Paramount Home Entertainment. Saving Private Ryan, Minority Report and War of the Worlds are on the way – so us fans of the Beard have to ask when our trip to Amity will arrive.

So far, the only answer we're finding is "who knows". But what we do know is that Spielberg is a huge fan of the format, and we can consider the aforementioned titles as his trial run on the format. Jaws is a big earner for Universal Home Entertainment, so it is only a matter of time until we're watching Quint get pwned by three tons of fish in HD. We just hope that the studio doesn't give us a barebones effort; we want a special edition with all the bonus content from the 2-disc DVD set. As a gag, we'd even settle for a third disc containing Jaws: The Revenge - anything, if we could have this disc post-haste.

We're as surprised as anyone that so few of Stephen Spielberg's films have come to Blu-ray so far. Close Encounters of the Third Kind is a great start, but what about when we want to see helpless humans run screaming from hungry dinosaurs? Where is our Jurassic Park on Blu-ray?

Luckily, this is one wish-list item that might just bear fruit in 2010. Rumors are swirling that a good number of Spielberg's films will trickle onto Blu-ray over the next couple years. According to Digital Bits, at least the first Jurassic Park may be hitting the European Blu-ray market in November. We can't imagine America would be left out. While we're curious to see how well the special effects hold up in HD, there's no question Jurassic Park is high on our list of wants these days.

Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair

A year ago, we finally got the much-anticipated release of Kill Bill: Vol. 1 and Kill Bill: Vol. 2 on Blu-ray, but we have yet to see the complete, integrated version – as it was initially intended to be seen – on any home-entertainment format. We know that Tarantino's been busy with a certain World War II film, but now that it's out of the way, we hope he'll return to putting together this potentially kickass title.

So what would the ultimate, unrated, uncut, director's cut (or whatever they want to call it) look like? Some critics have made the argument that the saga actually works best as two distinct chapters. While the first is inspired by the Shaw Brothers' martial arts films and features more action sequences, the second is slower in pace, has a western feel and includes more dialogue-based scenes. When put together as a whole, can the narrative maintain its cohesion, particularly when transitioning from the abrupt ending of Vol. 1 to the black and white flashback of Vol. 2. Tarantino has said he would refrain from messing with the timeline too much, but maybe a resequencing is what the film needs. We'd like to judge that for ourselves. We'd also like to see the new anime sequence QT would like to add to the cut. More anime violence is never a bad thing.

"The Man With No Name" Trilogy

Collectively or individually, the films in Sergio Leone's "Man With No Name" trilogy are among the best Westerns ever produced. These movies helped put both Leone and star Clint Eastwood on the map. Eastwood's "Blondie" is still an iconic action hero, even if we never did learn his real name. That is how the trilogy received its unofficial title, after all.

To date, only the third chapter of this Spaghetti Western saga, The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly, has been released on Blu-ray. As one of the early salvos in the Blu-ray/HD-DVD format war, this disc doesn't exactly do justice to the source material. We're still waiting for a boxset of all three movies, with each remastered to take full advantage of the HD format. Leone's cinematography is gorgeous. He always took great pains to showcase every line and crease on his characters' rugged faces, and Blu-ray will only serve to make these Western heroes and outlaw look more rugged than ever.

We don't think we need to explain why that's a problem. Chuck's reputation precedes him. Entire books are written about his manly feats of manliness. The longer movie studios keep their Chuck Norris back catalog in cold storage, the angrier he gets. And forget that Hulk guy, you wouldn't like Chuck Norris when he's angry.

The Missing in Action movies are not great films by any stretch of the imagination. They're cheesy, full of gratuitous sex and profanity, and highly unrealistic portrayals of one man waging war against the world. In other words, they have everything we love about '80s action flicks in one convenient package.

It's about time fans received a proper Blu-ray version of this trilogy. We've seen the edited TV versions so many times we've nearly forgotten how these movies are supposed to truly look and feel. Just imagine the majesty of Chuck Norris' beard in full 1080p. And if the studio can scrounge up a commentary track or a few extra scenes of Norris killing and slaughtering and being awesome, we won't complain.

Excalibur isn't the only King Arthur adventure we want to see on Blu-ray. The legend of the Holy Grail was also the inspiration for one of the greatest comedies of all time. Monty Python and the Holy Grail is a humor-loving nerd's delight, with endlessly quotable lines and a quirky sense of humor that remains funny no matter how many times you watch it.

Monty Python and the Holy Grail may not seem like the sort of film that benefits from newer and better video formats. However, we were amazed at how much clearer and more vibrant the picture was on DVD when compared to VHS. Could Blu-ray offer a similar boost in presentation?

Having dipped and double-dipped several times on Blu-ray, we're not sure Monty Python and the Holy Grail has much more to offer fans in terms of bonus features. One inclusion we would like to see is a full video presentation of the musical Spamalot. The most recent DVD offers an animated feature set to the play's soundtrack, but that isn't quite the same. Fans who don't have hundreds of dollars to spend on Broadway tickets would appreciate being given a glimpse at this new take on an old favorite.

To date, Quentin Tarantino's movies have been well represented on Blu-ray, particularly with the recent Inglourious Basterds Blu-ray. Strangely, however, Tarantino's most iconic movie has yet to make the jump from DVD to Blu-ray. We're surprised to see Pulp Fiction wallowing in standard definition, and we hope to see that change soon.

Following an early and very barebones release in 1997, Pulp Fiction received a proper DVD in 2002. This disc still holds up well and has plenty of supplemental material to offer fans. However, it does lack the ever-important commentary track. We know Tarantino is rather tired of discussing his breakout hit by now, but surely it's been long enough since the Collector's Edition release that he could find it in himself to sit down and wax philosophical. We'd also like to see some new features reflecting on the legacy of Pulp Fiction and its impact on pop culture these past 16 years.

Along with Jackie Brown, we're still waiting on Pulp Fiction to round out our HD Tarantino collection.